TH 210 Valle Spring Midterm 1
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Aesthetics (Greek vs. Modern) - ✔✔to perceive, to feel
history is about evolution of how aesthetic principles (ethics and morality) change over
time
Definition of Theater - ✔✔-occurs when one or more humans are isolated in time and
space and make themselves present to others
-intentionally acting
-A impersonates B as C watches
First Actors - ✔✔Actors hold a religious role in the culture, assume form of someone or
something else
Goal of Art - ✔✔Transport the audience to the setting you are portraying
Joseph Campbell - ✔✔3 types of ritual
- Pleasure: food, shelter, sex
- Power: conquer, consume
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,- Duty: to god, to tribe, to community
ALSO PRESENTS
- Trickster Character, common to all cultures
- represents chaos, disorder, shattering of boundaries
Elements of Ritual - ✔✔- Language: stylized use of uncommon vocabulary (mass is a
ritual that is performed)
- Movement: different movements and styles
- Objects (props): stylized objects, stereotypes, certain colors needed
- Location: also important
Types of Ritual - ✔✔- Pleasure: food, shelter, sex
- Power: conquer, consume
- Duty: to god, to tribe, to community
(Joseph Campbell)
5 Functions of Ritual - ✔✔- Knowledge: how we understand the world, convey
knowledge
- Didactic: to teach, inform
- Influence: or control events, (rainfall, crops, battles, fertility)
- Glorify: a god, a person, an event
- Entertain: to entertain or give pleasure
Didactic/Didaskalos - ✔✔imitations of reality can be instructive
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, Teach/inform
Theatrical Conventions/Types - ✔✔a system of techniques whose meaning is agreed
upon by audience and artist alike
Language, Character types, styles of movement, staging, design, costumes
Realism vs. Surrealism
Conventional vs. Unconventional - ✔✔Conventional: Conventions regarding the
relationship of the audience to the stage, familiarity
Unconventional: Problems arise when audiences are asked to agree to or play by new
rules they haven't learned yet
Sleep No More - ✔✔no beginning or ending no chair, engages a passive audience,
unconventional
Willing Suspension of Disbelief - ✔✔We willingly suspend disbelief so we can enjoy it
(pretend that something is real)
-ignore the limitations of Medium, we want to belive in the reality of that world
Examples of Conventions - ✔✔- Use of Narrator
- Individual Actors play several roles
- Actors Changing Costumes onstage
Breaking Conventions - ✔✔going against the norm, interactive play with phones
4th Wall / Breaking it - ✔✔-space between the audience and the stage, imaginary wall
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Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
100% Pass
Aesthetics (Greek vs. Modern) - ✔✔to perceive, to feel
history is about evolution of how aesthetic principles (ethics and morality) change over
time
Definition of Theater - ✔✔-occurs when one or more humans are isolated in time and
space and make themselves present to others
-intentionally acting
-A impersonates B as C watches
First Actors - ✔✔Actors hold a religious role in the culture, assume form of someone or
something else
Goal of Art - ✔✔Transport the audience to the setting you are portraying
Joseph Campbell - ✔✔3 types of ritual
- Pleasure: food, shelter, sex
- Power: conquer, consume
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,- Duty: to god, to tribe, to community
ALSO PRESENTS
- Trickster Character, common to all cultures
- represents chaos, disorder, shattering of boundaries
Elements of Ritual - ✔✔- Language: stylized use of uncommon vocabulary (mass is a
ritual that is performed)
- Movement: different movements and styles
- Objects (props): stylized objects, stereotypes, certain colors needed
- Location: also important
Types of Ritual - ✔✔- Pleasure: food, shelter, sex
- Power: conquer, consume
- Duty: to god, to tribe, to community
(Joseph Campbell)
5 Functions of Ritual - ✔✔- Knowledge: how we understand the world, convey
knowledge
- Didactic: to teach, inform
- Influence: or control events, (rainfall, crops, battles, fertility)
- Glorify: a god, a person, an event
- Entertain: to entertain or give pleasure
Didactic/Didaskalos - ✔✔imitations of reality can be instructive
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, Teach/inform
Theatrical Conventions/Types - ✔✔a system of techniques whose meaning is agreed
upon by audience and artist alike
Language, Character types, styles of movement, staging, design, costumes
Realism vs. Surrealism
Conventional vs. Unconventional - ✔✔Conventional: Conventions regarding the
relationship of the audience to the stage, familiarity
Unconventional: Problems arise when audiences are asked to agree to or play by new
rules they haven't learned yet
Sleep No More - ✔✔no beginning or ending no chair, engages a passive audience,
unconventional
Willing Suspension of Disbelief - ✔✔We willingly suspend disbelief so we can enjoy it
(pretend that something is real)
-ignore the limitations of Medium, we want to belive in the reality of that world
Examples of Conventions - ✔✔- Use of Narrator
- Individual Actors play several roles
- Actors Changing Costumes onstage
Breaking Conventions - ✔✔going against the norm, interactive play with phones
4th Wall / Breaking it - ✔✔-space between the audience and the stage, imaginary wall
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